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The Monthly Moose April 2011
The Monthly Moose April 2011
In This Issue:
Oslo for Japanp.7
Student Election Recap p.13
Couchsurf!p.18
Learn Norwegian: Easter Edition p.26
And More...
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ELGskverdig hilsen,
Marija
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John Modin, Sehee Park, Summer Choi— Layout: John Modin, Marija Cabuskina, Miles Walser, Robbert
CONTENTS
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4 Thus Spoke Universitas
6 Famous Norwegians: Siv Jensen
7 Oslo for Japan
8 Meet Ted Essebaggers!
10 Survey: Facts on Norway
11 Bluegrass Sprouting in Norway
11 Talking about Weather
12 Poem
13 Cooking all’Italiana
13 Student Election Recap
16 Moose Reviews
18 Couchsurfing
19 Scandinavian Club Music
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20 Riga - a Little Paris
22 Roam!
23 Peer Gynt Park
24 Monday Movies
25 What’s on in UiO
26 ELGINT: Easter Edition
27 Moose Comic 23
Contents // 3
Anita Iyer, Doreth van Manen, Francesco Spinali, Gunita Gailane, Irine Osepashvili, Jung-A Han, Katie Harris,
auk, Sehee Park, Shuyu Lim — Copy Editor: Anita Iyer — Proof Readers: Amy Armstrong,
itor: John Modin — Visual Content: Aleesha Nathan, Amy Armstrong, Doreth van Manen,
o Reynoso, Rebecca Plath, Sarah Mauk, Sehee Park, Summer Choi — Cover Design: Irine Osepashvili,
t van Brakel
Thus Spoke
Universitas is Norway’s biggest stu-
dent newspaper, and has 35 issues
per year , with 17,000 copies printed
of each issue. It is available all over
Blindern free of charge for stu-
dents. Here’s a short summary of
some of the headlines hitting Uni-
versitas over the past few weeks.
Siv Jensen - Leading FrP Through Yet Anoth- and her quest to assert her leadership even as
er Media Storm. members of her party raise questions as to wheth-
Text: Anita Iyer, picture: Irine Osepashvili er she should continue at the helm.
National politics is not for the camera-shy. Some- FrP is to the far right of the Norwegian political
times, politicians seize the chance to have televi- spectrum, and like other polarizing political fig-
sion cameras, microphones, and reporters ready to ures, Jensen is no stranger to criticism. Despite
capture their every word. However, at other times, polls showing FrP’s popularity dipping in the wake
politicians heartily wish that the spotlight, along of the current scandal, Jensen remains popular
with the questions, rumors, and opinions associ- among her base. However, as head of a party large-
ated with it, would disappear, or at least focus on a ly known for its anti-tax and anti-immigration
different issue. Siv Jensen, one of Oslo’s represen- policies, Jensen has garnered plenty of criticism
tatives in the Norwegian Parliament and leader of ranging from the purely intellectual to “Kem skjøt
Fremskrittspartiet [The Progress Party], has prob- Siv Jensen?” [Who shot Siv Jensen?], the musical
ably wished herself in the latter group over the critique offered by rapper Lars Vaular. Two weeks
past few weeks; her party, commonly referred to as after the latest scandal, Siv Jensen admitted that
FrP, has been rocked by its second major sex scan- her initial handling of the scandal left something
dal in a decade. In March 2011, allegations that a to be desired. Moose readers interested in learn-
6 \\ Famous Norwegians
prominent FrP politician had been arrested follow- ing more about Jensen are, as always, encour-
ing allegations that he had secretly filmed a young aged to use their Google skills
man in his shower hit the head- to learn more. Those interested
lines. Subsequently, the charges in a somewhat lighthearted ap-
against him were expanded to in- proach to the 41 year old politi-
clude sex with a minor, an event cal leader’s life can always check
which has forced party leader Siv out the web-based series Sex og
Jensen into a maelstrom of criti- Singelsiv [Sex and Single Siv], a
cism and intense scrutiny, both likely fictitious account of Siv’s
from within FrP and Norwegian quest to find love and become
media at large. Her responses Prime Minister.
to the media over the past few
weeks have been peppered with Sources: www.aftenposten.no, www.
vg.no, www.dagbladet.no, www.
obvious anger, ill-timed humor, stortinget.no
Oslo For Japan-
An interview with a Japanese student
organization raising funds for relief ef-
forts in Japan
Text: Jung-A Han
Pictures: courtesy of Oslo for Japan
Meet Ted Essebaggers! events like “A Sleep in the Snow.” The admission
packet you received in November is also part of his
Text & Picture: Doreth van Manen responsibility. He points out that during the last
5-6 years, the number of international students
My first week in Oslo, I was really nervous, mostly attending UiO has steadily increased.
because I didn’t know what to expect of the
University of Oslo. Then on Monday, 10 January An international history
I needed to pick up my welcome packet and I saw Ted came to Norway in 1970, after meeting his
Ted. He was welcoming new students personally Norwegian wife in the USA and getting married.
at the international reception desk. My nervous He was raised in India, lived there for 14 years
feeling disappeared and I was now curious about and upon finishing high school decided to do his
this man. Recently I had the honor to talk to him undergraduate studies in the home country of
on behalf of the Monthly Moose about his life and his parents - at Elmhurst College in Illinois. After
career. finishing his BA and doing an additional year of
teacher training in Uganda, his first full-time job
This April, Ted will retire. He has been connected was as a teacher in Moshi, Tanzania from ’64 to
to the University of Oslo since 1970, except for two ‘67. He was part of the Teachers for East Africa
3-year periods when he worked with educational Project, organized jointly by Columbia University,
projects in Namibia (91-94/2000-03). His main London University and the University of East
job was teaching English at the International Africa, something that confirms that international
Summer School, which was at the time contracted agreements
by the government to provide training and testing b e t w e e n
services for Norwegian volunteers and technical universities
8 \\ Meet Ted Essebaggers!
For April Fools’ Day, we asked students what they would tell their
friends back home about life in Norway to celebrate the day. Here
are some of the answers:
Duda Radulovic
(Canada)
Sebastian Valero (Spain)
“In the winter months,
sometimes there is so much
“On the first day of snow, there is a
snow in the streets in downtown
tradition that everyone goes to their
Oslo that cars are banned, and
backyards, makes a wish and throws
people use cross-country skis
a coin in the snow. If next spring
to get around. Kind of like
the coin has disappeared, the
Venice and boats.”
wish will come true.”
“Everything is so cheap in
Norway!”
The Bluegrass Stripes and Robert Plant of Led
Zeppelin performing bluegrass “We have a
among the Ice music. This has helped with
the introduction of this genre
lot of weather
and Snow to Norwegian society. In 2002 here.”
Text: Andrew Beck the creation of the Norwegian Text: Anita Iyer
Pictures: Marija Cabuskina Bluegrass Association, which
helps promote bluegrass in It’s official: Spring is finally
As spring soon approaches, the Norway, and the Risør Bluegrass making its presence felt in
snow begins to melt away and Festival, a gathering place for Oslo. Sometime over the course
the grass begins to peek through. bluegrass enthusiasts, further of the last few weeks, the
Another type of grass is also supported the assimilation of this
weather gods flipped a switch,
beginning to emerge in the Oslo music into Norway. The festival is
and the piles of snow began to
area; a grass of the bluer and more held annually in mid-July and is disappear, giving way to hints
musical variety. attended by several internationalof green and piles of gravel.
musicians. Spring is here, and Norwegians
So what exactly is bluegrass? (and those of us transplanted
It is a genre of music that was Tucked away in Grunerløkka
to Norway) are venturing
developed from the music of rural is a bar called Alexandria. A
out into the milder weather
Appalachia (a chain of mountains group of musicians gather and
and longer days in droves.
in the Eastern United States). It play together here every other
also contains elements of blues Wednesday. Anyone entering “Weather?” you might ask,
and North American folk music. the bar is suddenly transported “Not sunlight?” As Norwegians
Although the term bluegrass has from the streets of Oslo to the like to point out, they have a
only been in use for 70 years, this mountains of Kentucky, United lot of weather here, often in
type of music has been played States. It is an odd arrangement the space of a few hours. If it’s
since the eighteenth century. of sound that is not often heard sunny now, you can count on it
At that time it was more often in today’s world of music that’s raining (or snowing) later. The
considered “mountain music” usually filled with a harder and only thing more infuriating
because of the mountainous areas edgier sound. With the right than the Norwegians’ ability
it was often connected to. attitude and maybe a little to handle literally any type
moonshine this can be a great of weather with zen-like
The instruments are wide ranging place to come to see musicians equanimity is the oft quoted
but traditionally are played on playing music and enjoying life.
acoustic stringed instruments. Scandinavian proverb, typical-
These can include the fiddle, ly stated in response to
banjo, guitar, mandolin, and foreigners expressing dismay at
string bass. A band can include the fact that the weather went
any or all of these instruments, from sunny and +7C to -1C and
along with the addition of vocals. snow in the course of 24 hours
(as it did a few weeks ago). The
Bluegrass/ Weather // 11
A distinguishing characteristic
of this type of music is the vocal proverb, which is invariably
harmony featuring two or more uttered when anyone makes
parts singing in different stacks a remotely negative comment
or octaves. This style is often about Norwegian weather, is
described as a more lonesome “Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare
sound. dårlige klær,“ which translates
as “There is no bad weather,
Bluegrass has seen a resurgence only bad clothing.“ Or the
of “popularity” in recent more accurate translation,
decades. The most prominent which most Norwegians
development would be the movie are too polite to give you, is
soundtrack for the Coen brother’s “it’s just rain/wind/sub-zero
O’ Brother Where Art Thou? along te m p e rat u re s / s n o w / h a i l -
with several big name musicians stones the size of pool balls,
including Jack White of The White put on a windbreaker/sweater
and stop whining. The Vikings
didn’t whine, you wimp!» Obscuring
by Miles Walser
I understand the logic. First
of all, the proverb rhymes in
Norwegian, and who doesn’t 1
enjoy a snappy rhyme? Besides,
if one lives in Norway, one has On Oslo’s foggier days
to find a way to come to terms the clouds bend down, touch the snow
with all the weather, especially
and if you walk through a field while the sun stretches
since, for large portions of the
year, said weather is objectively through a wall of white, you plunge into
awful. It’s a national defense
a beautifully unbearable continuum of space.
mechanism. Admitting that
snow in May, three weeks You might be standing in the middle of the sky,
of solid cloud cover, or any it is impossible to know.
temperature below -10C is
completely awful regardless of
what you are wearing would 2
be accepting that Scandinavia
is not necessarily the best On my dumber days,
place on Earth. Contemplating I still talk to you in my head.
the fact that other people
manage to live happily in Sometimes a hiss creeps from the back
temperate climates will drive of my throat, boils out my ears
you crazy in the middle of
and I spend the afternoon fist-fighting a brick wall.
winter, after all. Hence, the
blame shifts to the clothing. Other times I melt into a chorus of whys
However, I take the third view, as I brush spider webs off of memories
the path less traveled, or the to understand what I already understand.
clothes less worn, if you will.
Each time I begin a sentence in second person,
Sure, there is bad clothing -
and it’s perfectly acceptable I cannot tell if I fall farther into
to internally laugh derisively or finally sift through the haze of you.
at the person who refuses to
ruin their nice outfit with a
windbreaker as the wind or rain
comes lashing down. However,
that doesn’t mean that snow
in April isn’t awful weather or
that rain coming down as the
sun shines is somehow as good
as a sunny day. So Norway, det
finnes dårlig vær OG dårlige
klær - There is bad weather,
and there is bad clothing.
And both can be spotted in
Oslo, particularly as the sun
12 \\ Poem
ing the 1960s, an era of free love, casual sex and Murakami did a brilliant work conveying every
uneasy friendship, which lead to the silent strug- character’s sense of longing, love, anguish, and
gles that Toru went through during his adolescent pain. Even the descriptions of the atmosphere and
years as a university student. As Toru yearns for the setting were vivid and meticulously painted to
his first love, Naoko, he is also enchanted by Mi- the last detail.
dori, a spontaneous and free spirited young lady It was a pity that I watched before reading Nor-
who opened up a whole new perspective to the wegian Wood. Like most novel-turned-films, the
crazy world out there... literature is always the better option.
Norwegian Wood is an evocative and beautifully
written story, peppered with an unconventional Text: Lim Shuyu
sense of humour. The characters in the novel were
portrayed more humanly, with striking person-
Couch surfing
experiences, I have felt the pleasure that comes
with encountering unfamiliar culture and the
beliefs of local people.
Discovering new culture
Participate in local life
on the European local Couch One of my unforgettable memories from couch
Do you want to travel the world and discover surfing was my visit to this old restaurant named
new cultures? Do you want to share inspiring ‘BONBUCK’ in Montmartre, with my dear French
experiences with international people? I think local hosts Nina and Egon. They had a 40% off
most students who study at UiO, regardless of voucher for a dish. When I met them in Paris, my
whether they are international or Norwegian, French hosts had already reserved dinner for me
long to challenge themselves by seeking out new in Montmartre, which is a wonderful tourist city.
experiences and meeting as many new people It was really fun and fantastic to have dinner in
as possible. As students, we want to enlarge our the oldest restaurant in the city, which was built
perspective of the world and wish to become a in the 19th century. If I had not been staying with
member of the global village. local people, I wouldn’t have known how to use the
discount voucher for dinner or which restaurant
was the oldest.
good chance to experience local life and culture. By food. It was really successful. I shared Korean food
allowing a stranger to stay with them, the host can with all 3 hosts in France and my Norwegian host,
share hospitality and get inspired. and all of them really loved my special dish.
As an exchange student from South Korea, In Tours, my second French hosts, Elodie and
traveling to as many European countries as Damien and I just had the international food
possible and meeting new people with different exchange. At first, they introduced me to French
backgrounds along the way topped my wish list. traditional home cooking named ‘Pot au Feu.’ They
Enlarging my perspective requires facing various also let me experience and try dessert and cocktails
and different challenges as I discover the world. in a real French style. It was a really perfect chance
To accomplish my wish, I tried couch surfing when to experience and discover local life. In exchange,
I visited new areas in Europe. Through my couch I made a Korean home cooking dish named
‘Cheyuk bokkeum’ (stir-fried pork
and mushroom with vegetables), From Norway to clubs
and my hosts had the opportunity to
experience Korean food culture. I was
with lots of beats!
By Pablo Reylar
really glad to introduce my culture to
them during my short stay. Through It is in the clubs where people gather every weekend to forget the
this exchange, I grew closer to a new hustle of the week, have a beer, meet friends, flirt, and of course,
culture and to new friends. dance! Although there are many genres of music to which people
can dance, in this case, I will place special emphasis on dance
From couch surfing, I feel that I have
music that has its roots in electronic music. It’s sometimes
mixed with pop and hip-hop, and it’s the soul of the night.
In the Norwegian music, there are a few artists who have won
international acclaim for their music. They have transcended
borders beyond the Scandinavian peninsula, and have given us
an idea of the beats that move the feet of this country.
Several international dance stars owe their success, in part, to
the music producers Stargate, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel
Eriksen Storleer, who began their career in Trondheim and
are currently producing in New York. Among their hits are So
Sick, Closer, Mis Independent by Ne-yo, Irreplacable by Beyonce,
Beautiful Liar by Beyonce and Shakira, Unfaithful, Don’t Stop the
Music by Rihanna, Firework by Katy Perry, and many others.
Much less commercial and incredibly acclaimed, the Tromsø
band Röyksopp has gained notoriety for its combination of
electronic atmospheres, drum & bass, house and afro-american
made close international friends, and sounds, as well as for their flamboyant look at concerts. His debut
everywhere I visited became a second album Melody AM (2001) includes the incredibly famous Eple.
hometown. Maybe it’s because of His most recent recording Senior (2010) contains more quiet and
the memories and the conversations introspective atmospheres since it only includes instrumental
with great local hosts I had during songs that contrast with Junior (2009), which contains vocals by
my travels. Therefore, I’m sure that the Swedish artist Robyn.
this way of traveling is a good option
for both local people and travelers Within the genre known as “Hands up” or “Eurodance,” we
who want to exchange culture and can find Nightcore, a band that combines confusing, sad and
make global friends. If you are happy themes with a high tempo to create “Happy Hardcore.”
worried about whether to trust You either hate it or love it. Another band to mention is Reset,
staying with strangers during short which had its greatest success in the Nineties during the fever Scandinavian Dance Music // 19
travel, I would like to say just don’t of the genre. Recently, to the joy of their nostalgic fans, they’ve
worry about anything. Just try to promised to tour and produce a new album.
believe everything and everyone you Aqua deserves a passing mention, although it is based in
encounter in the world. This mindset Denmark and three of its members are Danish. The only woman
might be a great change for you but and vocalist is Norwegian (yes! the same who has such a high-
will help to enlarge your world view pitched voice in Barbie Girl). Aqua is considered a native band
and discover new inspiration. by the two countries. Their success was unprecedented in 1997,
and they have conquered 5 continents with music. Although
Further information can be found at:
they separated in 2001, in 2008 they met to continue their
www.couchsurfing.org
success, and to the delight of all, the band has released their new
Text & Pictures : Sehee Park single this last March, a dance track that has been fully adapted
to the new rhythms and sounds. It has emerged as a summer hit;
How RU Doin? is already succesfully being played in Oslo clubs.
The recommendation of the month is to go
to the club and dance.
Riga
A mini version of Paris
I love Riga. I fell in love with every little street Latvia and Latvians. It has been there through
inside the Old Town and the quiet and isolation of a World War I and World War II. It has seen the
part of this never-sleeping city a long time ago. struggle of the Latvians, and between Old
Town and the new part of Riga graciously
As I am a local and total insider of Riga, and because it stands the Monument of Freedom, with three
actually happens to be my hometown, I can admit that stars in the hands of the sculpture of a woman
I am proud to be born and raised there. Nevertheless, called Milda.
I never knew that so many international students in
Norway choose Riga as their city of destination for What you will get if you travel to the capital
travelling. of Latvia are amazing city parks, great
architecture, different kinds of museums for
For a while, I guess I took it for granted and had every taste, lots of galleries for art lovers and
no idea why people took their time to travel to see active nightlife for party people. It may seem
it when they can go to Paris or Rome instead, but that Riga is so small, but there surely are a lot
then it hit me- it is not for the cheap alcohol, it is of things to see and places to be. The Old Town
20 \\ Riga
not for the shops, and it is not for the ”let’s just go itself is worth seeing because some streets
somewhere we’ve never been” statement. People go are more than 800 years old. You can always
to Riga to gain the experience of a small city being take the elevator in St. Peters Church to have
so big. The history of Riga goes back to 1201, when an amazing view of the Riga skyline. Have
it was founded, and so it contains a lot of history of a walk along the Esplanade Park, Kronvalda
Park and Vermanes Garden; or Alberta Street
for magnificent and the most remarkable
Art Nouveau buildings. If you happen to be
interested in museums, it is possible to find
Sun Museum, The Museum of the Occupation
of Latvia, Riga Motormuseum, Latvian War
Museum, and the National History Museum of
Latvia, (which is known as Riga Castle), as
well as many more.
09.05:Comrade Pedersen
The Special Events websites fails to
warn you that when you step into
the room on May 9th, you’ll be step-
ping back in time to witness love
and revolution, devotion and failure
02.05: Dark Woods intertwine on a crash course with a
hope that lies somewhere between 16.05: Kon-Tiki
Just in case the prospect of snow On May 16th tune in for Kon-Tiki,
idealism and absurdity. Comrade
in spring didn’t scare you enough, which in 1951 won the Best Docu-
Pedersen (2006) takes you right
May’s first Movie Monday features mentary Feature at the 24th Acad-
into Norway circa the 1970’s, an
a horror film. In Dark Woods, the era when Marxism and Leninism emy Awards. If you’re yet to visit
crew of the TV show “Real TV,” the museum here in Oslo dedicated
dominated society. The historical
along with their slightly crazy and to the voyage, “Kon-Tiki” was the
drama focuses on the ideological
controlling boss, journey into the struggles of the young high school name of a wooden raft used by six
wilderness for a weekend of “team- teacher Knut Pedersen who dreams Scandinavian scientists, led by
building.” They must eat only what Thor Heyerdahl, on their 101-day
of a conventional, middle-class life
nature gives and cannot use cell journey from South America to the
but soon finds himself at the door-
phones or smoke. Two of the four Polynesian Islands. They sought to
step of the Marxist-Leninist party
team members find a dead body prove Heyerdahl’s theory that peo-
AKP, where he meets Nina Skåtøy.
near an abandoned campsite, but ple from the East, mainly Peru, and
He falls for her, and during their in-
the boss tells them to go on, with- not Asia populated the Polynesian
tense relationship, the revolution-
out telling the others, as if nothing Islands. This theory challenged the
ary ideas begin to make more sense
happened. But something did hap- notion accepted for over a hundred
to his doubting mind. Even as hopes
pen, and the madness escalates, years. Heyerdahl studies the winds
for their utopia unravel, amidst self-
leading to mistrust, paranoia and and tides in the Pacific, attempting
proletarization, and other defeats,
24 \\ Norwegian Film Night
the team turning on one another. to simulate the conditions the Peru-
Pedersen stays by her side as an ad-
Needless-to-say, their internal dra- vians would have encountered, as
mirer and defender…
ma doesn’t pose the greatest threat. he sets out on a voyage to test his
They crossed a line. It appears the I think I liked this movie quite a bit; theory and his skills.
boss didn’t have things under con- I say think because it left me a bit
trol as tightly as he hoped… silent, as if the impact needed some I don’t exactly feel qualified to
time to make sense. I really didn’t comment on an award-winning
I tried to pretend I liked horror mov- know much about life in Norway documentary, but I will say the
ies, but I still found myself saying film mimics his adventure. It nar-
during this era of global upheaval
“of course.” I wouldn’t necessarily so I found it quite fascinating, es- rates footage of the voyage, fully
call the movie predictable or boring, capturing the trials and glory of this
pecially since I enjoy political phi-
though; it handled “dumped alone losophy and revolution. The movie breath-taking adventure.
at a dark, mysterious cabin” quite
has mass appeal as well; in a way,
remarkably. The setting features you can say Pedersen represents
some authentic, filmed on-sight
any young person searching for and
stunning Norwegian woods, which discovering the reality behind his
sets the mood rather nicely. Perhaps
dreams, all-the-while knowing his Text: Amy Armstrong
you might call the movie something
society needs change, but fearing Pictures: written permission of
of a Norwegian “Blair Witch Proj-
the process. He clings to what he Norsk Filminstitutt
ect.”
knows, which makes him relatable.
•Sunday Digestive: Phaedra @ Park- •Sports day @ Rådhusplassen
24
What’s teatret
www.idrett.no
www.parkteatret.no
8
On in Oslo
•Sunday market @ Blå
•Easter celebration@ Norsk Folke
25 Museum •Frank Znort Quartet @ Blå
www.norskfolkemuseum.no www.blaaoslo.no
by Ria Tobing
26 •TirsdagsQuiz @ Biblioteket, Chateu 9 •Summer Exhibition @ Munch Mu-
Neuf seet
www.studentersamfundet.no www.munch.museum.no
10 •Lang Lang @ Oslo Konserthus
27 •School revue of the year 2011
MAY
ske Opera og Ballett
www.internasjonalen.no
www.operaen.no
16 •Burning Man (dubstep evening) @
1 •Retrospective: Film and Video Art
in Norway @ Stenersenmuseet 14 •Klubb Juicy @ Blå
Café Sør
www.blaaoslo.no
www.cafesor.no www.stenersen.museum.no
17 •Bach in the High Mass@ Oslo Dom- 2 •Film Evening: Villmark (Dark
Woods) @ Helga Engs Hus, Audito-
•Pub Crawl (No.) @ start: Beer Palace
kirke www.ol-akademiet.no
rium 2
www.oslodomkirke.no
www.uio.no (Special Events)
•Circus Arnardo @ By Munch Mu- Special 200th
seet 3 •Green Drinks @ Oslo Mekaniske
Verksted Anniversar y
www.arnardo.no Events
www.greendrinks.org
18 •Glances at Al-Andalus Art @ CAK
•Café baroque w/ Barokkanerne @
www.cak.no Cafeteatret Exhibition opening: Mind gap
www.rockefeller.no
4 •Beer and food tasting @ Akersber-
sÂs.
An exhibition on the brain and how it
get
works, based on current brain research, also
20 •Inferno Metal Festival @ Rockefell-
er & John DEE
www.ol-akademiet.no from researchers at University of Oslo.
www.cafesor.no
www.cosmopolite.com
ELGINT0110: The Moose Norwegian Course
Learn Norwegian on your own, with a little help from The Moose.
down.
- Example: Jeg har det som plommen i egget. = I’m having a really
good time.
Moose Comic // 27
Started in September 2008, The Monthly Moose is the information about significant events at the university
only student magazine at UiO published entirely in and the outside world. We also bring the "voice" of in-
English. It is printed in 500 copies each month and ternational students to the corridors of power, by de-
available in paper format at Frederikke, Sogn and livering The Moose directly to significant administrative
Kringsjå post box buildings, Amatøren, the Kringsjå staff at UiO and SiO.
pub, International Coffee Hour and Chateau Neuf. We In September 2010 The Monthly Moose was awarded
do our best to integrate non-Norwegian speaking stu- the "Best Publication Award" by SiO and UiO for its
dents into the fabric of student life at UiO by sharing integrative and informative efforts.
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